[ale] ok, I give up and I'm asking for help with postfix.

[niceguyj at comcast.net (Jim Sculley)]

Randal Jarrett wrote:
> I need to have postfix on my home system initiate connection to my
> remote mail server.  The 
> 
> ISP has blocked all incoming connections.

Do you want to send mail or retrieve it?

To retrieve I use fetchmail to connect to multiple mail servers.  The fetchamil program then hands the mail to postfix. 
  I also have postfix hand this mail to the cyrus IMAP server so that I can read my mail from anywhere.

For sending, I have the following in 'main.cf' (actual domain changed to protect the innocent)

relayhost = smtp.myisp.net

Also, make sure you are using the correct name for the remote host.  Many ISPs use 'mail.wherever.com' for POP and 
'smtp.wherever.com' for sending.

Jim S.

Mandriva 2006